Japan


Japan’ Solution To Debt Crisis - Expand Zombie Banking

Japan’s Zombie Banking Taken To New Levels Of Lunacy

Japan’s real estate and stock market bubbles burst in the early 1990’s.   Since then, twenty years of non stop Government stimulus programs have failed and left Japan with [...]

The Futility Of Lower Interest Rates, Obama Motors, “Atlas Shrugged” Sales Surge & Confidence Mounts

As stock markets surge, GM’s future is suddenly bright and consumer confidence soars, here are some recent blog posts worth the read with some alternative insights.
Why lower interest rates are not effective monetary policy
If too much debt [...]

New Twist On Stimulating Economies - Work Less

New Twist On Stimulating Economies - Work Less

Desperation Produces Silly Suggestion
Governments worldwide are obsessed with pushing consumers to spend more.  From Japan we now have a new twist on how to stimulate spending.   Government bureaucrats (with obviously too much time on their [...]

Nikkei Continues Rallying As Japan’s Exports Plunge 49%

Nikkei Continues Rallying As Japan's Exports Plunge 49%

Bad News Discounted?
One of the hardest concepts for investors to grasp is the ability of markets to discount bad news.  As the news mounts daily about the Japanese economic collapse, the Nikkei 225 continues to rise.   As [...]

Can The Economic News From Japan Possibly Get Worse?

Japan’s Exports Plunge By 45% In January
Six months ago, no one in his right mind would have predicted a 45% decline in Japan’s exports.  The drop in exports has no comparable statistics, as Bloomberg reports.
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) [...]

Economic Reality Crushing The American Dream

Reality Becoming Impossible To Ignore
There still appears to be a serene sense of calm by the American public.  They hope that the government will be able to solve our economic crisis in short order and restore to [...]

Nikkei - Black Hole Or Buying Opportunity?

Nikkei - Black Hole Or Buying Opportunity?

Has Japan Been Pulled Into A Black Hole?
According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, a black hole is a region of space in which the gravitational field is so powerful that nothing, including electromagnetic radiation can escape [...]